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Briefing: Exclusive-OpenAI sweetens private equity pitch amid enterprise turf war with Anthropic, sources say

Strategic angle: OpenAI enhances its appeal to private equity investors in a competitive landscape against Anthropic.

Briefing: Gold and silver in freefall as investors flee safe haven metals trade

Strategic angle: Precious metals resumed their sharp sell-off on Monday as the Iran conflict weighs over investor sentiment.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: CNBC Daily Open: clock ticks on Trump's Hormuz ultimatum

Strategic angle: Tensions between Trump and Tehran rise as the clock ticks on the U.S. President's Hormuz ultimatum.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: European stocks head for slump as Trump sets Hormuz deadline

Strategic angle: European stocks are expected to start the new trading week sharply lower as the war in Iran drags on global market sentiment.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: China battery trio gain $70bn as Iran war sparks ‘paradigm shift’

Strategic angle: Share price rises for clean energy companies outstrip oil majors as investors bet on switch to renewables.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Qatar Airways parks long-haul jets in storage in Spain

Strategic angle: Transfer of planes to Teruel airport signals airline is preparing for ongoing Gulf conflict

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Trump’s Iran playbook was written in the 1980s

Strategic angle: From oil threats to ultimatums, the US president has a decades-old view of how to confront Tehran

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: America keeps bailing out Trump

Strategic angle: The country’s underlying strengths are absorbing his erratic choices, including the war on Iran

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Iran war is a risk to the flow of Gulf funds around the globe

Strategic angle: World has come to depend on capital from the region more deeply than many realise

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: ‘It’s always Putin’ behind every EU migration crisis, official says

Strategic angle: Russian president is ‘biggest driver’ of immigration due to his role in wars over past decade, says EU commissioner

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Military briefing: the high cost of using fighters to down Iranian drones

Strategic angle: Gulf states’ reliance on jets to battle waves of cheap Shaheds is testing their finances, pilots and planes

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Piles of wheat and canned food stuck in transit as Iran war disrupts aid

Strategic angle: UN World Food Programme warns of escalating hunger crisis due to ongoing disruptions.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Iran and U.S.-Israel continue to raise the stakes as Strait of Hormuz tensions build

Strategic angle: Iran widened its warnings to target buyers of U.S. Treasury bonds, the latest salvo in an intensifying exchange of threats as the war entered its fourth week.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: BIREN23 | Shanghai Biren Technology Co. Ltd. TDR Overview

Strategic angle: An overview of Shanghai Biren Technology Co. Ltd.'s TDR on MarketWatch.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Not just buying 'things': Why China's emotional economy is on the rise

Strategic angle: Amid a prolonged economic slowdown, one segment of the world's second-largest economy is growing quicker than the rest: China's so-called emotional economy.

Editorial Staff Mar 22

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Briefing: Here are 4 big things we're watching in the stock market this week

Strategic angle: The Iran war and rising oil prices will remain front and center.

Editorial Staff Mar 22

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Briefing: Alibaba Headcount Falls After Sun Art Exit In 2025 (UPDATED)

Strategic angle: Alibaba's workforce reduction follows the exit from Sun Art, signaling shifts in the retail landscape.

Editorial Staff Mar 22

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Briefing: Oil Is Above $100 a Barrel for the First Time Since 2022. Here's Why Artificial Intelligence (AI) Investors Should Care.

Strategic angle: The surge in oil prices could impact AI investments significantly.

Editorial Staff Mar 22

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Briefing: Poste Italiane launches €10.8bn bid for Telecom Italia

Strategic angle: Italy’s state-controlled postal service is hoping to become a key player in Italian and Brazilian telecoms markets.

Editorial Staff Mar 22

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Briefing: RADLD | Radial Research Corp. Analyst Estimates

Strategic angle: Latest analyst estimates for Radial Research Corp. from MarketWatch.

Editorial Staff Mar 22